New mask-wearing guidelines for United States expected to be announced on Friday; Hong Kong struggling to fight worsening Covid outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong invoking emergency law to waive licensing requirements for mainland Chinese doctors
Hong Kong is invoking an emergency law to allow medical professionals from mainland China to treat Covid-19 patients in the city without a licence or registration. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is failing Chinese migrants
On Feb. 16 officials in Chenzhou, a municipality in China’s Hunan province, reported two Covid-19-positive individuals had entered the city after fleeing Hong Kong in a boat, bypassing border and ... ( read original story ...)
China construction to build COVID facilities in virus-hit Hong Kong
Hong Kong has contracted mainland firm China State Construction International Holdings Ltd to build eight isolation and treatment facilities to help the global financial hub fight a worsening COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Relief for Hong Kong’s middle-class families through tax breaks, rates concessions, and e-vouchers to spend too
For one working couple, budget measures add up to more than HK$85,000 in reliefs, savings, handouts Young mum hopes government can consider offering 'practical help' such as school fee waivers too ... ( read original story ...)
Spooked by pandemic situation: Hong Kong’s compulsory Covid-19 testing, tough rules push some expatriates to leave
News of British mum separated from baby in hospital alarms expatriate families with young children Those eager to leave are finding it hard to get flights, prices of air tickets have shot up too After ... ( read original story ...)
Vaccination pass rule comes into effect in Hong Kong
Hong Kong launches a vaccination requirement to enter shopping malls, restaurants and a host of other places on Thursday as it battles an expanding omicron outbreak and tries to overcome vaccine ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong turns to China medics to help fight Covid
Hong Kong’s government yesterday invoked emergency powers to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel from the Chinese mainland to help combat a spiralling coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Bank of America executive to leave Hong Kong as exodus continues
Bank of America’s co-head of global capital markets in Asia-Pacific is leaving Hong Kong after less than two years as harsh pandemic restrictions prompt an exodus of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s surprise surplus: were numbers ‘distorted’ to avoid deficit? Economists question adding proceeds from bonds, fund transfers
Hong Kong government has made a habit of 'underestimating surpluses, overestimating deficits' Economist calls for more transparent profit tax regime and a crackdown on corporate tax evasion Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong rolls out COVID vaccine passport, paves way for mainland doctors
Hong Kong rolled out vaccine passports on Thursday requiring people aged 12 and above to have at least one COVID-19 jab, and paved the way for mainland China manpower to help bring a worsening ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong rolls out COVID vaccine passports
Posted . Hong Kong rolled out vaccine passports on Thursday, requiring people aged 12 and above to have at least one COVID ... ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong rent relief law to apply to more than 19 sectors hit hard by fifth wave of Covid-19 infections, finance chief says
Chan said the city's de facto central bank, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, would issue notices and guidelines to banks about flexible treatment of mortgage repayment, and he was confident that ... ( read original story ...)
All private flats built in Hong Kong must be at least 280 sq ft in future under new government rule
All private homes to be built in Hong Kong in future will have to be at least 280 sq ft, the government has announced. The minimum size requirement in the private sector will cover all government land ... ( read original story ...)